When Sandy awakes from a strange dream she suddenly realises she’s awoken into a very real nightmare.
Sandman is a creepy and effective little horror short!
Director: Liam Banks
Country & year: UK, 2016
Actors: Matthew Barker, Esmee Matthews
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt6799182/
A British expedition to Antarctica goes terribly wrong. Carter and Williams must seek shelter in the hull of a ship where dark things are about to happen.
Black Ice is a chilling horror short (no pun intended) where two guys on an expedition to Antarctica must seek shelter in the hull of an old ship. When they notice the place has been decorated with wooden crosses, and there’s a dead body inside as well, they realize something bad must have happened there. Still, they have nowhere else to go and must spend the night in that place…
Director: Christopher Goodman
Country & year: UK, 2019
Actors: Abe Buckoke, Joe Warner
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt10081446/
Do you play or are you being played? See what will happen if you play your favorite horror game too much!
Gamer Over is a horror short about a man who decides to spend the evening/night gaming, and chooses to play a game that is simply called “Don’t Play” (but of course, he still decides to play it). While gaming (and drinking) things start happening around him…
Director: Viktor Rek
Country & year: Slovakia, 2016
Actors: Bobes Zabojnik, Emmka Rekova
A woman finds herself locked in an isolated cabin with something sinister on the other side of the door.
Beast of Prey is a horror short that gives hints of a bigger story underneath, which actually makes it feel a bit like a scene from an actual full-length feature film (and making you wish there actually was one). It’s got good production value and manages to create a lot out of just one small location and one character.
Director: Danny Donahue
Country & year: USA, 2020
Actors: Ashley Erin Campbell
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt12727546/
Larry lives behind a window. He can see through the glass. Who will be Larry’s friend?
Larry is a strange and atmospheric little horror short, which builds up a lot of tension and keeps you guessing what’s going to happen next. The ending is a little bit goofy, though, but still unexpected. It was announced earlier this year that Larry will turn into a full length film called Come Play, produced by Amblin Partners, and with Focus Features as the distribution company. It is currently scheduled to be released on October 30th this year (originally it was supposed to be released on July 24th, but due to the pandemic it was re-scheduled to a Halloween weekend release instead).
Director: Jacob Chase
Country & year: USA, 2017
Actors: Joe Calarco, Timothy Thompson, Cornelius Uliano, Rachel Grate, Aaron Cota
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt7724410/
A Sheriff comes under fire when two S.B.I. Agents question his involvement in an unsolved murder that shares distinct similarities with a recent homicide.
Miner’s Mountain was written, produced, co-edited and directed by Bennett Pellington, and was made over the course of 6 years. The result is a high quality horror short filled with atmosphere. It would have been awesome to see this turned into a full length film!
Director: Bennett Pellington
Country & year: USA, 2019
Actors: Henry Bazemore Jr., Anthony Reynolds, Myke Holmes, Julie Ivey, Eli Walker, Fidias Reyes, Tatum Osborne, Zach Jones
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt10701072/
A man attempts to exit an underground car park. Something doesn’t want him to.
Simple little horror short, filled with suspense!
Director: Josh Tanner
Country & year: Australia, 2018
Actors: Connor Clarke, Joel Stanton
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt9182532/
A gothic tale of a girl scared to suck her thumb, lest the monstrous Suckablood should come.
Weird little horror short, told like a freaky bedtime fairytale!
Director: Jake Hendriks, Ben Tillett
Country & year: UK, 2012
Actors: Holly Jacobson, Samuel Metcalf, Robin Berry, Ben Tillett
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt2220114/
A nurse is taking care of an elderly dying woman on a small island near Torshavn. An old repressed memory of the island resurfaces to haunt the nurse and, as the elderly lady’s health deteriorates, so does the sanity of the nurse.
One of the longer horror shorts we have listed here on Horror Ghouls, but well worth watching! Skuld is creepy and atmospheric, with great cinematography.
Director: Heidrik á Heygum
Country & year: Denmark | Faroe Islands, 2014
Actors: Runa A Heygum, Sofia Nolsøe Mikkelsen
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt4344456/
Duncan and his dog Oscar have gone on their weekly camping trip into the wilderness together. However, when Duncan looks out into the woods, something else looks back.
This horror short is unnerving and atmospheric, and creeps under your skin right from the start!
Director: Chris Cronin
Country & year: UK, 2018
Actors: Paul Bullion, Anti (dog), Coral Sinclair, Rio Walker
IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt6297198/
